The Life of Insects: A Novel
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Translator: Andrew BromfieldEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-02-01
ISBN: 0140279725
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: ...Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'?
Summary: 4 Stars
It seems to me that the plot of `The Life of Insects' might well derive from `The Metamorphosis' [Die Verwandlung - 1915], a famous story by Franz Kafka:
A young man (Gregor) awakes one morning in the form of a giant dung beetle. Gregor is unable to speak in his insect form, and never successfully communicates with his family at all after his physical appearance is revealed to them. However, he seems to retain his cognitive faculties, which is unknown to his family.
Although I believe that a review by Matt Curtin (Columbus, OH USA, see below) is interesting, I feel doubt that Pelevin's book is, as Matt writes, `an allegorical commentary on Russian society'. I could hardly generalize on Russian life, as it is so mosaic and buzzing. Nor am I sure that `Readers of Russian works will feel at home in The Life of Insects, as the story and its presentation has a distinctly Russian feel to it'. ...Um... It seems to me that I feel at Kafka's home.
I think the book represents european influence in Russian literature.
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